Into the arms of strangers stories of the Kindertransport

DVD 2001

The documentary tells the story of a group of children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia who were fortunate enough to escape the unfathomable horror of the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people during WWII. They were saved by the Kindertransport, which took 10,000 children to the safety of England in the late 1930s. (The United States government, which could have sponsored a similar program, declined to do so.) Assuming that the...

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ISBN:

9780790753096
7321921188725
079075309X

Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
videodisc
Laser optical
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Stories of the Kindertransport

Notes:

This film was produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C
Special features: Cast and crew [text feature]; Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and writer/director Mark Jonathan Harris commentary; Editor Kate Amend, sound designer Gary Rydstrom, archival researcher Corrinne Collett and composer Lee Holdridge commentary; Lord Richard Attenborough interview; Additional interviews; Photo gallery; The kinder [text feature]; The parents [text feature]; The rescuers [text feature]; Awards [text feature]; Premiere footage (10 min.); Historical artifacts (5 min.) [film and slide show feature]; Theatrical trailer (2 minutes); DVD-ROM features: links to original theatrical website and chat rooms; downloadable study guide for viewers and educators via the website
Edited by Kate Amend ; director of photography, Don Lenzer ; music by Lee Holdridge
Narrated by Judi Dench ; with Kurt Fuchel, Lore Segal, Ursula Rosenfeld, Nicholas Winton, Norbert Wollheim, Bertha Leverton, Lorraine Allard, Alexander Gordon, Jack Hellman, Lory Cahn, Hedy Epstein ... [and others]
DVD ; Region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo ; original presentation aspect ratio, 1.37:1
Academy Award, 2000 for Best Documentary, Features (Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer) ; American Cinema Editors, 2001: Best Edited Documentary Film (Kate Amend)
English and dubbed French (Québec) soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned

Contents:

Prologue
Pride and joy
Life under Hitler
Invasion of Austria
Where to flee
Ninth of November
Birth of the Kindertransport
The Kinder
Preparing to leave
Last goodbyes
The journey
Arrival in England
Kurt and Mariam
Hostels and manors
Dear parents
On the shoulders of children
War
Somewhere to belong
The Dunera
Deportation to the camps
The Coventry blitz
Work of importance
Family reunion
War's end
Survival is an accident
Another set of parents
Living with the past
Coda and end credits

LCCN:

be2001000202

Control Number:

3247171

UPC:

085391887225

Other Authors:

Amend, Kate
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Fuchel, Kurt
Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941-
Holdridge, Lee, 1944-
Lenzer, Don
Oppenheimer, Deborah

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